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martyscncgarage wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:54 pm ....and 5VDC will feed the Leadshine clone.

Hi Marty; is that a "Longs Motor" drive you're referring to? I have 3 DM542's & they seem to work OK & the price was good. Hope they last OK.

<< the CNC12 software is not compatible with windows 7, use a windows 10 CNCPC, see CNCPC requirements here. http://www.centroidcnc.com/cnc_pc_performance_requirements.html >>> Thanks for the speedy reply Keith. Ouch, that puts a hitch in my giddy-up. Wasn't planning to buy a new PC right away. :o ...

Hello gentlemen, I received the Acorn today; safe & sound thanks to the good packing job. It'll be later this week before I'm able to connect it to the one axis I have up & running on my mill project & have a couple questions before I get started: 1) Is it dangerous to the board to conne...

Hi, thanks for the info. I had to dope slap myself for not seeing that info plainly listed in the features of the three levels of software. I'm usually pretty good about RTFM'ing. Gettin' old I guess.

Cool stuff Bill, thanks. Does the "Pro" level software come with the nec. probing cycles? I'm a long way from needing a probe on my mill project but I have a new-old-stock MaxNC 3D probe *squirreled away that I hope to use with my Acorn. Do probes just use one of the available inputs on th...

Hello all! This thread is a little scary....scary in a good way! It's so nice to see a user 's question responded to quickly & clearly by really smart & experienced fellows. It just so happens that my Acorn (should be here Tuesday) will be used with DM542 drivers and now I have a nice clear ...